Microsoft does the same thing over and over - "embrace" a technology, "extend" it by adding some extra stuff to it that happens to work best on Windows then "extinguish" the tech once people are locked in.
Also see: Internet Explorer or Kerberos or Office document interoperability or AIM (messenger) or half a dozen other things.
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Microsoft does the same thing over and over - "embrace" a technology, "extend" it by adding some extra stuff to it that happens to work best on Windows then "extinguish" the tech once people are locked in.
Also see: Internet Explorer or Kerberos or Office document interoperability or AIM (messenger) or half a dozen other things.